8 Dead, 20 critical at MDR Night Race

[GRANT]

I feel bad for all of the people that had to watch that.... as well as the driver having to live with the fact that he killed all of those people from an accident.

[HeavyMetal]

I saw on the news the driver had to run away because other spectators started throwing rocks at him.

yeah, this was false. the news is basically MAKING UP facts out of thin air to paint a bad picture. People who were actually there are posting about it on pirate, telling the real story. Fucking media is going to ruin this industry.

On the other hand, you guys may want to sit down before reading this one.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...itics-say.html

Environmental groups said “Our collective failure to rein in excessive off-road vehicle use is not only destroying the ecosystem but killing people.

[Buffalo Phil]

yeah, this was false. the news is basically MAKING UP facts out of thin air to paint a bad picture. People who were actually there are posting about it on pirate, telling the real story. Fucking media is going to ruin this industry.

On the other hand, you guys may want to sit down before reading this one.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...itics-say.html

I won't even read that article. I refuse to subjugate myself to such fucking slander and misinformation.

[Buffalo Phil]

I will say this though and I know it may seem a little out there but hear my out. I'll make a comparison to the firearm industry because, obviously, that is the industry that I work in.

Whenever a shooting occurs like Columbine or any other maniac decides to gun a bunch of people down, it makes top story in the news and the media blatantly glorifies it. Why? They need to sell their newspaper. When you see the media making up facts and using illogical arguments against everything we like to do, it isn't only their ignorance that takes hold of their feeble minds, but they realize that they cannot print a factual story because it simply won't sell.

Whenever a shooting occurs, there is a massive outcry to bad firearms and every news paper and media outlet asks why the general public has such unabated access to 'deadly assault weapons'. Once again they skew facts, make up terms like the Gun Show Loophole', which holds absolutely no water, and pour other slander into their articles so the general uneducated public becomes frightened and scared into submission. Hence the reason why in the article posted before there were short statements about other past accidents.

While this is a terrible occurrence, the general public will forget about this next week. Within our own community we will never forget because we need to prevent and educate the spectators of the dangers involved with standing next to a two ton trophy truck barreling through the desert.

Any outrage is normal, as I am quite outraged at the media more than I am at the actual tragedy because the media will do anything they can to sell a story. The shock factor is high and they want it to be that way. If they could sell a million news papers with the main headline being '8 DIE IN OFFROAD RACE: WHO TO BLAME?' the absolutely will.

Who is to blame here? What does it matter? In the end it doesn't matter. A narrow minded person will look at this and say we should ban this style of racing and get on their soap box about it, but only the extreme activists will pursue it while the interest of the public will meander away into oblivion. In a month, this event will be forgotten by the media as a whole as the next big thing will come around for them to slander and lie about to make money.

[Arundlemcbrundle]

I will say this though and I know it may seem a little out there but hear my out. I'll make a comparison to the firearm industry because, obviously, that is the industry that I work in.

Whenever a shooting occurs like Columbine or any other maniac decides to gun a bunch of people down, it makes top story in the news and the media blatantly glorifies it. Why? They need to sell their newspaper. When you see the media making up facts and using illogical arguments against everything we like to do, it isn't only their ignorance that takes hold of their feeble minds, but they realize that they cannot print a factual story because it simply won't sell.

Whenever a shooting occurs, there is a massive outcry to bad firearms and every news paper and media outlet asks why the general public has such unabated access to 'deadly assault weapons'. Once again they skew facts, make up terms like the Gun Show Loophole', which holds absolutely no water, and pour other slander into their articles so the general uneducated public becomes frightened and scared into submission. Hence the reason why in the article posted before there were short statements about other past accidents.

While this is a terrible occurrence, the general public will forget about this next week. Within our own community we will never forget because we need to prevent and educate the spectators of the dangers involved with standing next to a two ton trophy truck barreling through the desert.

Any outrage is normal, as I am quite outraged at the media more than I am at the actual tragedy because the media will do anything they can to sell a story. The shock factor is high and they want it to be that way. If they could sell a million news papers with the main headline being '8 DIE IN OFFROAD RACE: WHO TO BLAME?' the absolutely will.

Who is to blame here? What does it matter? In the end it doesn't matter. A narrow minded person will look at this and say we should ban this style of racing and get on their soap box about it, but only the extreme activists will pursue it while the interest of the public will meander away into oblivion. In a month, this event will be forgotten by the media as a whole as the next big thing will come around for them to slander and lie about to make money.

right on! take the "disaster in the gulf". it was a daily news story when the oil was spilling out. but now that its capped and in clean up faze you dont hear nearly as much about it anymore. fucking media, but i hate even more the people that buy into it like the assholes wearing facemasks during the "H1N1" scare. fucking morons

[HeavyMetal]

yes, it does. but this is also an opportunity for us to show those outside of the community what we're all about. i know my dad called me this morning in a panic when he heard about this, because he knows i attend events like this, and let's face it...when we're filming we certainly aren't standing a fair distance away from the racers/competitors. it's a risk you take, but some people just push it a little bit too far. when something like this happens we have the chance to explain our 'world' and the circumstances. if we all walk around complaining and saying this sucks instead of pulling together and making this a better situation by donating, extending a helping hand, or just showing the better side of the off roading community, it's going to be viewed in a negative light.

sorry. just my PR side coming through

'tis true.

when a tragedy occurs, it allows for and creates a spotlight on a grand stage to showcase safety precautions already in place and those in the works, to an outside community that otherwise just assumes things that are on average incorrect. It can be turned into a great tool for spreading knowledge and good information.

As we speak, the MDR disaster is shaping KOH 2011's gameplan for new safety precautions, without limiting the event.
http://www1.pirate4x4.com/forum/show...=910430&page=2

[Arundlemcbrundle]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...itics-say.html

[Kyle]

Great one more excuse for the hippies to have to try and ruin everything for eveyone.

[Buffalo Phil]

'tis true.

when a tragedy occurs, it allows for and creates a spotlight on a grand stage to showcase safety precautions already in place and those in the works, to an outside community that otherwise just assumes things that are on average incorrect. It can be turned into a great tool for spreading knowledge and good information.

As we speak, the MDR disaster is shaping KOH 2011's gameplan for new safety precautions, without limiting the event.
http://www1.pirate4x4.com/forum/show...=910430&page=2

Excellent.